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No. 749,076. 1 PATBNTED mm, 1904.

J. FKMATTHEWS.

COTTON BALE TIE BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR."1"7, 1903.

I0 IODEL.

UNITED STATES.

Patented January 5, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES FILLMORE MATTHEWS, OF ELRENO, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, AS- SIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO JAMES R. COLE, JR., AND CHRISTOPHER G. COLE, OF OKLAHOMA,OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

"COTTON-IBALE-TIEBUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,076, dated January5, 1904.

Application filed April 17, 1903.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES FILLMORE MAT- THEWs,a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Elreno, in the county of Canadian and Territory ofOklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCotton-Bale- Tie Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cotton-bale-tie IO buckles,and is designedparticularly as an improvement over the similar device on which PatentNo. 720,166 was issued to me February 10, 1903, my object in the presentconnection being to pr0vide,a buckle which will cause the tie afterbeing slipped therein to automatically lock or set itself therein underthe expansive pressure of the bale, this looking or setting actiontaking place invariably and without requiring any special prelimizo narytwist on the part of the operator, as has been found necessary in themanipulation of the patented tie referred to, as otherwise the tie attimes would reenter and frequently pass clear out of the entrance-slot.

With the object in view of providing a buckle from which it isimpossible for the tie to accidentally withdraw after reaching the limitof movement which carries it up through said slot the invention consistsin certain novel and peculiar features of construction and relation ofparts, as hereinafter described and claimed, andin order that it may befully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 represents a perspective View of the bale-tie buckle andof the contiguous ends of the tie, one of such ends being engaged withthe buckle and the other end in position to enter the same. Fig. 2 is aface view of the buckle with the bale-tie ends in section and showingone end of the bale-tie in dotted lines,

so as to disclose the relation of parts whereby it is impossible forsuch end to become accidentally disengaged from the tie.

In the said drawings, ldesignates the baletie buckle, of steel orequivalent metal and of oblong rectangular shape by preference.

2 is a central substantially oblong rectangular opening disposed withits long sides parallel with the corresponding outer mar- Serial No.153,002. (No model.)

gins, and such opening at one end is contracted in width by rounding itsend and terminating one end of the rounded portion at a sufficientdistance from the corresponding side of the opening to form ashoulder 4,disposed at right angles to theinnersides of the opening and a distancefrom the opposing end of the opening slightly exceeding the width of thebale tie or hand. To be exact, the distance between said shoulder andopposing end is about one and one-sixteenth inches,so as to easilyaccommodate the halo tie or band in common use, which is about one inchin width.

The buckle at the side where the shoulder 4 occurs is cut away, so as toprovide an entrance-slot 5 for opening 2, this slot in contourcorresponding to that of the letter K. The slot furthermore inclines tothe left or toward the rounded end of opening 2, so that its upper arm 6shall extend at about right angles to the axis of said rounded portion,with the point 8 at thejunetion of said upper arm 6 and the lower arm 7occupying approximately the same plane as the junctionpoint 9 of thestraight slot-wall with the contiguous margin of opening 2.

One end of the tie or band 10 is secured to the non-slotted side of thebuckle in the customary manner, and its opposite looped or free end tobe secured to the buckle must be twisted or deflected to one side, asindicated by dotted lines, Fig. 2, and then slipped up through slot 5.By the time it is forced in said slot as far as possible one edge. isbearing against the rounded end of opening 2 and its other edge hascleared the point 8. As soon as this disposition of the tie has beeneffected it is released, and at the same time the press-plunger (notshown) withdraws and permits the bale to expand and tension the tie orband, this tension causing the'latter to ing end of the tie or band intothe opening 2 and toward the square end of such opening, the rounded endof the opening cooperating in this action by deflecting the tie in thesame direction through engagement with its opposite edge. As a resultthe tie is automatically and invariably secured reliably to the buckle,as shown in full lines, Fig. 2, between shoulder and the opposite end ofthe opening and cannot accidentally, after once being disposed in theposition shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, slip back through slot 5.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced abale-tie buckle which embodies the feature of advantage enumerated asdesirable in the statement of invention and which may be modified inminor particulars without departing from the principle of constructioninvolved.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. A bale-tie buckle having an opening contracted at one end, andprovided with a shoulder to which one wall of the contracted portionslopes, and provided also in its side corresponding to said shoulderwith an approximately K-shaped slot with its substantially straight wallnearest said shoulder.

2. A bale-tie buckle having an'opening contracted at one end, andprovided with a shoulder to which one wall of the contracted portionslopes, and provided also in its side corresponding to said shoulderwith an approximately K-shaped slot having its substantially straightwall nearest sa id shoulder, and the junction-point of its arms in aboutthe same inclined plane as that in which occurs the axis of the roundedend of the opening and the junction-point of the substantially straightwall of the slot with the contiguous side of said opening.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES FILLMORE MATTHEWS.

Witnesses:

J. J. HULSEY, H. S. MASTEMOLLE.

